Access Authorization by Means of Personal Access Module

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user logs in to the personal portable item by a biometric verification procedure and/or a personal password.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the period of time during which the memory is activated ends when the user is no longer carrying the personal portable item.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the connecting of the personal portable item to the operator interface and/or the authentication of the user with the login credentials located in the memory is contactless.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the detecting of whether a user is located in the predefined spatial area around the operator interfaces takes place contactlessly.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least two users can authenticate themselves on the packaging industrial system each with the personal portable item, wherein the users can be assigned different authorizations for the operator interfaces.

7. An apparatus for authenticating users on a packaging industrial system comprising at least two operator interfaces, wherein the apparatus comprising a memory with user log-in credentials for the at least two operator interfaces, wherein the login credentials for the operator interfaces are different from one another, wherein the memory can be activated for a period of time, wherein the apparatus has a detection device which can be detected when the user is within a predefined spatial range around the operator interfaces, wherein apparatus comprising a connection device via which a connection can be established between the apparatus and the operator interfaces when the user is detected by the detection device in the area belonging to an operator interface, wherein the user can be authenticated at the operator interface by the login credentials stored on the memory for the operator interface, wherein the login credentials stored on the memory are managed via synchronisation with a central rights management, and wherein the activation of the memory is blocked if the synchronisation with the central rights management has not taken place for a predefined period of time.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the apparatus is portable.